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City-Country league clash may come to Broken Hill

Broken Hill may soon host the annual City vs Country rugby league fixture.

The annual City-Country clash, which has been running since 1930, has traditionally been hosted by larger regional centres.

But league officials, keen to grow the game in the far west of the state, have been looking at Broken Hill as a possible venue for the 2014 fixture.

Country Rugby League CEO Terry Quinn says Broken Hill is the perfect venue for the 83-year-old event.

"Broken Hill's been mentioned as probably a venue for us to play at, because obviously the location we believe would be a very good place for the game out there and we'd get good crowds out there," he said.

But Mr Quinn says the cost of travelling to Broken Hill may be a hurdle.

" The biggest cost obviously is transport, getting the players and everything they need out to the game, and the OBs and everything that goes with the game, because there's quite a circus around the game with the production of it," he said.

"But we'll be sitting there talking to the NRL people, and also we'll be coming out to Broken Hill pretty soon to see if we can generate any interest or any supporters out there financially."

Outback Rugby League development officer Matthew Kiddle believes the fixture would be a boost for Broken Hill.

"I think it'd be very positive for the town," he said.

"They get a very good crowd out - they always do for big games - and it wouldn't be the first National Rugby League game out here - there's been a few games out here before and they were all hugely successful."